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Pollyanna( 2003)

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Pollyanna Whittier goes to live with her wealthy but bitter aunt after the tragic death of her father. Pollyanna shares a game her father taught her -- the 'Glad Game' -- in which everyone can find a silver lining in even the darkest cloud, and her sunny nature, good humor and determination to look on the bright side of life prove to have an astonishing effect on those around her. With the help of her orphaned friend, Jimmy Bean, she casts her spell on the grumpiest townsfolk of Beldingsville -- including the cynical shut-in Mrs. Snow, the morose millionaire Mr. Pendleton and the enigmatic Dr. Chilton. And Pollyanna masterminds the romance between her Aunt's maid, Nancy, and the handyman, Tim. It is only Aunt Polly, who cannot bring herself to embrace Pollyanna's innocence and joy. But all is not straightforward in Pollyanna's war against pessimism, since she must overcome a personal tragedy that threatens to banish "glad" from her vocabulary forever.

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      Amanda Burton

      Aunt Polly Harrington

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      Georgina Terry

      Pollyanna

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      Kenneth Cranham

      Mr. Pendleton

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      Aden Gillett

      Dr. Chilton

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      Kate Ashfield

      Nancy

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      Pam Ferris

      Mrs. Snow

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      Tom Ellis

      Tim

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      Judy Flynn

      Milly Snow

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    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Sat Sep 12 2020
    It seems every forty years or so, someone makes a new film version of this children’s classic novel. Mary Pickford did it silently in 1920, Walt Disney applied star power in 1960, and now here we have this PBS Masterpiece Theater version. Both Disney and this adaptation made changes to the story from the novel, though in different ways from each other and nothing distressing. This version seems less dramatic, which allows newcomer actress Georgina Terry to shine as much as standout child actress Hayley Mills did in the earlier version. Although this version changes the time period and mo...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • woman director